In The Careless Society John McKnight takes a look at the service economy in the United States and how its rise has led to the decline in community. But the real gem in this book is the last chapter titled “Christian Service.” It rocked my world by proposing a revolutionary alternative to serving others.
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Share Only 9 days until our trip to Kenya. I don’t know why I didn’t mention this here earlier, but Jennifer and I are going to take an extra suitcase each filled with stuff for the kids in Kenya. Last Wednesday I posted a list of the things you can donate on the Kenya Trip Facebook [...] Share Six weeks from tomorrow we’ll be on a plane to Kenya. I can hardly wait! We purchased our airline tickets earlier this week (actually Delta charged us 3x for the tickets and put us over our credit card limit. What a headache!) and just a couple of hours ago Jennifer and I got our first [...] My wife, Jennifer, and I will be traveling to Nakuru, Kenya this summer. Read about how you can go, donate, support, or watch and pray. When I see poverty my instinct is to send money or do something that might help to end world hunger. But I was recently reminded that poverty is often a symptom of a larger spiritual problem. Here is a very real example where the cause and effect are unmistakable. Share Sunday my family became the sponsors of two beautiful children in Saint-louis Du Nord, Haiti. Miller, the little boy, is 7, and Luma, the little girl, is 9. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The average income is around $250 per year. 80% of its people live in poverty and [...] Share We’ve all heard the saying “it’s better to give than to receive.” Well, a research team at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School found that to be true. The study found that people who spent money on others were happier than those who spent money on themselves. Money buys happiness — if you spend on [...] |
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